loan shark
Example Sentences
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By charging fees that would make a loan shark blush.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
A clip of their shared cubicle scene — in which loan shark Kathy rags on Dreux’s low credit score — has captured more than 9.2 million views on Instagram since the film’s Jan. 17 release.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
Because of these limits, banks kept interest rates between 6 and 12 percent and didn’t do much business with the poor, who in a pinch took their valuables to the pawnbroker or the loan shark.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Most people do not realise that they are borrowing from a loan shark to start with.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022
So she started loaning out money—a loan shark.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
